... that he is prone to bravado, bluffing and dashing improvisation when it comes to nuclear matters. Under Republican leadership, nuclear weapons will undoubtedly take on a greater role in U.S. military and foreign policy than under the Democrats. In this ... ... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
The concept of strategic stability has many different interpretations, with some broadening it to include ...
55 years ago, the Soviet Union ratified the NPT
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), ratified by our country on November 24, 1969, is often referred to as the cornerstone or the foundation of the modern system of international relations. In many respects, this description holds true. A vivid illustration of this ...
... retaliatory strike from Moscow. A radical scenario will bring to its limit all those weaknesses in the structure of European and international security that have been accumulating over a long period of time. In this case, the world order really risks collapsing ... ... order be created.
The alternative is to avoid a situation where Moscow decides to try to put a fat end to the conflict by using nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
Cruise and ballistic missile strikes on Russian territory will not break the will of the Russian ...
... Federation outside its territory.
The latter likely refers to the inadmissibility of attacks on Russian forces and assets still stationed in Syria and Russian war ships in the world ocean in order to use them as an escalation step within the limited use of nuclear weapons.
Dmitry Stefanovich, Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS)
The main difference, perhaps, is the formalization of “threats to sovereignty and territorial integrity” rather than “threats to the very existence ...
... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
Innovative systems and disruptive technologies
At the short-lived consultations in Geneva that took place ... ... and fall of 2021, the main disagreement between the parties was that the U.S. proposed reducing both strategic and tactical nuclear weapons [Pifer 2020; Gottemoeller 2020: 139–159], while Russia raised the issue of limiting both nuclear and non-nuclear ...
... relations with China are based, among other things, on conventional arms control in border areas (Shanghai and Moscow agreements), and the relevant control body recently met again in Astana. The Russian-Chinese mutual commitment not to be the first to use nuclear weapons against each other also plays a significant role.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
There is also a Russian-Chinese agreement on notifications of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. It is possible to use such mechanisms in the future to reduce regional and global tensions involving new states....
... and destruction should be different.
Fifth, as already mentioned, current U.S. thinking about such land-based long-range non-nuclear weapons suggests that they are for warfighting, complementing sea-based and air-based capabilities in every theatre of ... ... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
It is still difficult to assume the pace of production and deployment, as well as deployment areas once ...
... for a first nuclear strike during the period of an escalation threat could be estimated at 73 carriers and 455 charges within 24 hours, and 121 carriers or 1,139 charges within 30 days. Of particular significance are the U.S. plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, including medium-range missiles, which further increases their strike potential. In this context, the development of missile defense as a clear counterforce poses a direct threat to the entire world.
Global plans with minimum justification
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... Professor at Fudan University and expert with the Beijing Club for International Dialogue, to discuss the problems pertaining to international security, preventing a nuclear war, the rise of a new world order and prospects for the China-Russia relations.
... ... ongoing Russia-Ukraine armed conflict millions of soldiers have been fighting for two years, using almost all heavy weapons except nuclear weapons such as airplanes, tanks, artillery, warships, missiles, etc., and the U.S. and the NATO countries are already ...
... Militarization of Outer Space
The media event in the James Brady Press Briefing Room heightened the suspense and fueled public interest in the already not so new, but still exciting, topic of "star wars." Indeed, the potential deployment of nuclear weapons in space could lead to a significant shift in the global balance of military power. Disabling an adversary's satellites could be achieved by simply blinding them with radiation from a remote nuclear explosion.
However, such actions would ...
